In our Powercat A-Z series, we pick some of the biggest and best powercat producers in the world. Today we look at Aquila Formed in 2012 as part of a collaboration between powerful Chinese manufacturing firm Sino Eagle Group and major US boat dealer MarineMax, this award-winning multihull specialist is now the world’s most prolific powercat brand. Aquila builds its boats at a state-of-the-art million-square-foot production facility in Hangzhou City, China, and that brings with it some natur...| Motor Boat & Yachting
In our Powercat A-Z series, we pick some of the biggest and best powercat producers in the world. Today we look at Archipelago Yachts Since its inception back in 2022, Archipelago Yachts has forged a reputation as a builder of serious offshore powercats. Every boat in its fleet is RCD/RCR Category-A certified, with highly efficient, soft-running hulls and diesel-electric hybrid powerplants for uprated sustainability and greater independence from shoreside support. Built entirely from aluminiu...| Motor Boat & Yachting
In our Powercat A-Z series, we pick some of the biggest and best powercat producers in the world. Today we look at Dracan Polish newcomer, Dracan, was established in 2023 as a specialist builder of sporting, outboard-powered, cabin-equipped powercats with sector-leading style and supremely flexible day spaces. In pursuit of that goal, the firm’s first step was to appoint Błazejak Yacht Design, led by Robert Błazejak, Poland’s most experienced catamaran designer and a man with first-hand...| Motor Boat & Yachting
In our Powercat A-Z series, we pick some of the biggest and best powercat producers in the world. Today we look at Four Winns Four Winns was established in 1975 in Cadillac, Michigan, when brothers, John, Bill and Charlie Winn, and their Dad, Bill Senior, acquired a struggling boat-building firm and gave it a new lease of life with a fresh name and a fresh direction. Right from the start, the intention was to construct a fleet of compact […] This article A-Z of Powercats: Four Winns appeare...| Motor Boat & Yachting
In our Powercat A-Z series, we pick some of the biggest and best powercat producers in the world. Today we look at Lagoon Lagoon is a global leader in the production of power and sailing cats. Founded as a multihull division of Jeanneau in 1984, the firm was sold to Construction Navale Bordeaux before being acquired by Beneteau in 1995. That brought a fresh level of industrial might to the table that has seen it deliver more than […] This article A-Z of Powercats: Lagoon appeared first on M...| Motor Boat & Yachting
In our Powercat A-Z series, we pick some of the biggest and best powercat producers in the world. Today we look at Leopard When South African yard, Robertson and Caine, moved into the world of powercats, it went exactly the right way about it. Its fleet of Leopard sailing cats had already scooped all kinds of international awards but it still chose to design its new power-driven cats from the ground up and its level of success has […] This article A-Z of Powercats: Leopard appeared first on...| Motor Boat & Yachting
In our Powercat A-Z series, we pick some of the biggest and best powercat producers in the world. Today we look at Makai Makai Yachts feels refreshingly different. Headquartered in Britain, designed in Italy and built in Croatia, it was founded in 2019 with the intention of creating a range of comfortable long-distance powercats with the handling and looks to tempt even the most ardent monohull fan. It wouldn’t be until the Palma Boat Show in 2024 that […] This article A-Z of Powercats: M...| Motor Boat & Yachting
In our Powercat A-Z series, we pick some of the biggest and best powercat producers in the world. Today we look at McConaghy McConaghy Boats was founded in Australia in 1967 by John McConaghy, with the intention of applying new and innovative materials to the production of skiffs, Tornado and A-class catamarans. In the 1970s, it was one of the first companies in the world to take pre-impregnated carbon fibre from the aerospace industry and use it in […] This article A-Z of Powercats: McCona...| Motor Boat & Yachting